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Issue 627
21 - 27 OCT 2011
NBA Champion basketball player visits Torrevieja by Louise Clarke PAU GASOL, the Spanish professional basketball player, brought Torrevieja to a standstill on Wednesday when he visited the city with the President of Alicante, Luisa Pastor. The seven foot tall LA Lakers player was received by Torrevieja Mayor Eduardo Dolon and Deputy Mayor and Alicante Diputada for Tourism, JoaquĂn Albaladejo, as well as other members of the government team and was in the city to meet some of the children from the ALPE Association as well as launch the sailing boat of Torreviejaborn sailor, Jesus Rogel. ROOKIE
Benidorm is buzzing! BENIDORM PRIDE 2011 has arrived with thousands of visitors streaming into the city for a spectacular three day event starting tonight (Friday). Continued on page 12
Born in Barcelona in 1980, Pau Gasol became a US basketball star after being drafted by the Atlanta Hawks from Barcelona in 2001. He then moved onto the Memphis Grizzlies where he won the NBA Rookie of the Year award.
After seven seasons with the team, Gasol was traded to the Lakers in 2008 and his younger brother, Marc Gasol, involved in that trade, is also a professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies. ADORATION Before he greeted the ALPE children at the Royal Nautical Club, Pau took the opportunity to visit the Municipal Theatre, packed to the brim with school children participating in educational concerts organised by the Town Hall’s Education and Culture Departments. The visit was a surprise for the children and as soon as he arrived into the auditorium, they went wild! It was a pleasure to witness the adoration of so many young basketball fans to this very tall man, who up until that morning, I had never heard of! Continued on page 3